Tuesday is the busiest day of the week.
So I get up at 4:30 or 5 am in the morning to start my day.
5 am, I got up, had my whey+oatmeal shake and left the house by 6 am.
Worked out in the gym and than took the train to the city at 8:30 am.
The place I work at in the city is a nonprofit organization called "Career Transition For Dancers". Today they had a luncheon at a restaurant called Sardies on 45th street, right in the corner of Times Square.
The place had many Broadway celebrities portrait. They depicted the character of each of them and was fun to look at.
We put the banners, flyers, and documents for the attendees and was ready to go. It was a really fancy restaurant and I enjoyed the food a lot :P lol
Free lunch!!! LOL
After work, I took off to do a rehearsal with the Inhumanoids.
Now some of you might not know about them. So let me introduced them to you. (or Click Here to jump to their Facebook page)
As far as I know, they are one of the newer crews in NYC compared to others like Elite Force and etc.. But they've been in the scene for a while.
They are one of the few popping crews in NYC. Now they manage Popshop at PMT Studio on Saturdays which is one of the most famous session spot for poppers in NYC.
I saw them first at Step Ya Game Up 2009.
Step Ya Game Up is an annual event organized by Budda Stretch of the Elite Force Crew. Its a 1vs1 competition that has various dance styles other than B-Boying, which is rare in NYC.
When I first saw them, they were all wearing different colored shirt with the DC comics Green Lantern symbol on. I didn't know what Green Lantern was at the time so I thought they were some kind of Popping Power Rangers or something lol.
They were forming a circle and getting down with higher level poppers. Thus, instinctively I thought they were a higher level poppers.
They all do different styles and feel of popping. However, myself being ignorant at the time (2009) thought "I can probably beat them with my boogaloo because they aren't good with boogaloo", but now I can say that they get down hard keeping their unique individuality with specific styles of popping Apologies for my ignorance, much respect.
I began to hang out with them after I battled one of the members, Brian (Puple shirt) at a no longer existent competition, Kings Of New York.
I did a three way battle with Brian and Swag (I believe from Montreal? I don't know, its vague but I know the guys name was Swag because I never forget the name when I lose). We both lost against Swag, but that gave me and Brian a topic to talk about. From that point on, I began to talk with them more often.
After that, we met at various parties and competitions. After they began to organize Popshop, me and Chill (blue shirt kneeling down) began to talk and hang out more.
This eventually lead Dr. Krawl (blue shirt in the back) to invite me to be apart of his showcase at Guardians Of Dance.
They are one of the few poppers that represents NYC.
Although they rarely go out to battle out of state, they contribute to the community by teaching a class every Friday (Link to class information), organizing Popshop, and throwing events such as Urban Renewal.
I hope them much success in the future as a crew, and am excited to do a showcase with them on July 1st!!!
"In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight. Let all who worship evil's might, Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
Peace and God Bless.
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